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BCRX · Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc · Short Interest

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$9.10 +0.03 (+0.33%)
Market Cap
$2.33B
Shares
255.54M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

BCRX Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 32,939,174 BCRX shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 134,335 shares. Days to cover was 7.97 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

BCRX Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 32,779,189 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, -0.5% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 30,109,603 to 35,490,911 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 31, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 31 High confidence 69% chance it falls
32,779,189 -0.5% vs reported
Likely range 30,109,603 to 35,490,911 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
63/100
Short interest 12.9% of shares — P94 Days to cover 8.0 — P85 Price vs VWAP -5.8% — P33 Short-volume trend -4.8% — P33 Short interest change +0.4% — P56 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P25

Positioning score 63.0 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-08-14). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-09-09 14:09 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 24
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 32,939,174 32,804,839 +134,335 7.97
2026-07-31 32,804,839 31,208,457 +1,596,382 12.43
2026-07-15 31,208,457 48,685,241 -17,476,784 5.95
2026-06-30 48,685,241 40,642,061 +8,043,180 5.99
2026-06-15 40,642,061 36,651,044 +3,991,017 11.39
2026-05-29 36,651,044 36,106,472 +544,572 9.36
2026-05-15 36,106,472 37,416,739 -1,310,267 6.09
2026-04-30 37,416,739 38,533,770 -1,117,031 11.11
2026-04-15 38,533,770 35,193,017 +3,340,753 8.02
2026-03-31 35,193,017 37,482,831 -2,289,814 4.24
2026-03-13 37,482,831 40,418,862 -2,936,031 7.66
2026-02-27 40,418,862 40,320,313 +98,549 8.69
2026-02-13 40,320,313 39,450,391 +869,922 10.04
2026-01-30 39,450,391 43,201,319 -3,750,928 8.51
2026-01-15 43,201,319 39,061,667 +4,139,652 8.35
2025-12-31 39,061,667 36,006,145 +3,055,522 12.34
2025-12-15 36,006,145 37,382,162 -1,376,017 8.56
2025-11-28 37,382,162 36,461,313 +920,849 10.70
2025-11-14 36,461,313 32,471,309 +3,990,004 6.77
2025-10-31 32,471,309 30,773,187 +1,698,122 5.81
2025-10-15 30,773,187 27,571,266 +3,201,921 3.85
2025-09-30 27,571,266 28,316,467 -745,201 10.37
2025-09-15 28,316,467 27,481,907 +834,560 10.90

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